Growth and Nutrition

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Weight and body composition offer information about an individual’s health status and may provide a clue to the presence of disease when they are out of balance. Nutrition is considered…

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Mental Status

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The mental status portion of the neurologic examination is a complex process. Mental status is the total expression of a person’s emotional responses, mood, cognitive functioning (ability to think, reason,…

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Vital Signs and Pain Assessment

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The vital signs include assessment of temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure. They are considered the baseline indicators of a patient’s health status. Pain assessment is considered the fifth vital…

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Recording Information

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After performing the history and physical examination, the healthcare provider must organize, synthesize, and record the data along with the problems identified, diagnostic evaluation, and plan of care. The information…

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Examination Techniques and Equipment

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This chapter provides an overview of the techniques of inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation that are used throughout the physical examination. In addition, general use of the equipment for performing…

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Taking the Next Steps: Clinical Reasoning

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Clinical reasoning is the process by which the information gathered from the history and physical examination is merged with clinical knowledge, experience, and the current best evidence to formulate the…

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Cultural Competency

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Achieving cultural competence is a learning process that requires self-awareness, reflective practice, and knowledge of core cultural issues. It involves recognizing one’s own culture, values, and biases and using effective…

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The History and Interviewing Process

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This chapter discusses the development of relationships with patients and the building of the histories or healthcare narratives. We write of it as “building” a history rather than “taking” one…

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